An Ode to Philly and my Philly Crew

So this is my last weekend in Philly. And today was my last day at work (it got a little emotional today). I thought I would write an Ode to Philly. I am going to write what I will miss and what I will not miss in Philly. I will also write what comes to mind first (with no editing) so that it is not PC or anything. Here goes:

I will miss

-Hanging out at the Urban Saloon at 3 in the afternoon during March Madness

-Kevin frothing at the mouth when discussing politics

-Devil's Alley

-Having "distribution of wealth" arguments with Robert on the train.

-Playing squash on Wednesdays with Sara and on Tuesdays with Sean

-The walk from the Ritz's to home after a movie

-Bullying my friends into taking Jaeger shots for no reason

-Eating duck rolls and beer marinated Mussels at Monk's

-As much as I hate to admit it, DiBruno brothers (yes, even though they are expensive)

-Hanging out at Rangoon with Kasturi and TJ

-Murphy and his ever positive demeanor

-Marisa's southern coolness, Kelly's humor, and Dana's not replying to my emails.

-The Cantina in South Philly

-The rude hair 'stylists' at the ChopShop (ok they were rude but it was a $10 haircut!)

-The Sterling and their semi-rude staff (the building I live in)

-The Eye Candy at the PSC (my gym) in the evenings (c'mon it was not too bad)

-Running by the Schuykill (sp?) in the summer

-The BYOB culture

-Paul at Working Class Cycles (even though I know he fleeces me for repairing my scooter every single time. It's a hard-knock life being a scooter/bike repair guy these days.)

-Brunches at Le Creperie. Especially those times when Mrs. Doo had one too many glasses of wine and started revealing details about her sex life.

-Being close enough to visit my sister, nephew, and BIL every other week.

-Marcus's flakiness

-SzTH (my fav restaurant in Chinatown)

-The alpha doggy Wharton kids

-Hanging out at Kevin and Caroline's deck even though it's freezing

-Discussing politics for real with Kevin and for fun with Robert

-The unsocializing part of Kevin's group of friends (no names please!)

Allrite that's all I can think of today. Let me end this positively which means nothing about things I will not miss in Philly (I am being PC after all aren't I?).